Indeterminacy and Interview Research: Co-Constructing Ambiguity and Clarity in Interviews with an Adult Immigrant Learner of English

• Published in: Applied linguistics Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 43 - 59
• Main Author: Miller, Elizabeth R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.02.2011
• Subjects: Ambiguity (Semantics); Chinese Americans; Discourse Analysis; Immigrants; Interviews; Racial Discrimination; Research Methodology; Role

This article adopts a social constructionist approach in maintaining that indeterminacy of meaning is an unavoidable aspect of interview research. It uses positioning analysis to examine how subject positions and contingently constructed meanings are produced in interview interactions. The analysis...